Word: sheaf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good deal of emotional turmoil, some parental opposition, and a sheaf of air mail letters later, Elaine decides that she is going to take Peter up on his offer, irrespective of whether or not the Foreign Office approves of someone defecting in the opposite direction. The media cycle grinds into motion, and lovelorn Elaine is thrown into the midst of it. Why should she want to leave England for a communist country? How can she be certain that Peter isn't already married? Are individuals bigger than nations...
...EATING lunch the other day when a student armed with a sheaf of papers approached me. In a low and serious voice he asked, "Have you signed the divestment petition yet?" I said--with unnecessary harshness, I'm afraid--that no, I hadn't. With obvious chagrin he moved on to the other students at the long table...
...after the flavorful re-creations in such recent films as Gorky Park and Moscow on the Hudson. Its aspirations to realism are frequently betrayed by melodramatics. KGB agents seem to lurk behind every door, like B-movie heavies. But when a witness at a political trial surreptitiously slips a sheaf of documents to Sakharov just before taking the stand, the action is miraculously unseen by any of the guards in the crowded courtroom...
...moved quickly to prevent major demonstrations from taking place in the capital and cordoned the Old Town, a traditional rallying point for Solidarity supporters. As churchgoers streamed out of St. John's Cathedral after a morning Mass in honor of workers, someone in the crowd flung a sheaf of leaflets into the air that urged Poles "to ruin the attempt to make this holiday a show of obedience." Only about 200 youths stood ready to battle the police, who chased them down cobblestoned streets with jets of water. When the protesters tried to regroup outside the church of Father...
Metzenbaum released a sheaf of memos that indicated Meese had been given information from internal documents of President Carter's campaign. One was an outline of Carter's strategy for farm and rural voters. Attached was a cover note from Reagan Campaign Aide Max Hugel, telling Meese that Campaign Chairman William Casey, now CIA director, wanted his thoughts on how to "counteract this effort." Another memo, written by Republican Consultant Thelma Duggin, concerned Carter's plans to win the black vote. At the top, Campaign Aide William Timmons had scribbled, "Ed Meese-Ideas how to counter...